Free software trophies competition - 2009

Hi all, I know some of you here are maintainers for free software. Cetril is holding another round of its "Trophées du Logiciel Libre" (Free Software Trophies). I participated in this competition last year, and I can whole-heartedly recommend the experience. More details at my blog (Hebrew)

Webcam Recommendations?

Any recommendations for a good webcam to use with linux? (Mainly for use with Skype) TIA, Chaim

Re: Webcam Recommendations?

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 07:52:34PM +0200, Chaim Keren-Tzion wrote: > Any recommendations for a good webcam to use with linux? (Mainly for > use with Skype) I recently bought the Logitech QuickCam Notebook Deluxe, which works fine on Ubuntu 7.10 with Skype. There is one known problem (split video

Re: Webcam Recommendations?

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 19:52 +0200, Chaim Keren-Tzion wrote: > Any recommendations for a good webcam to use with linux? (Mainly for > use with Skype) > > TIA, > Chaim > I'm using the (somewhat pricey) Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX and it works just fine. (gspca driver) - Gilboa

[CALL FOR LECTURE] Lego Mindstorms

Hi All, On Haifux's meeting break (when things happen) today we have mentioned Lego Mindstorm as a cool topic for a lecture, if only it was open source. However, it seems that Lego going open source on its firmware is old news (2006): http://mindstorms.lego.com/Press/2057/Open%20Source%20Announce

gspca with GeForge FX 5200 experience, anyone? (was: Re: Webcam Recommendations?)

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 20:29 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 19:52 +0200, Chaim Keren-Tzion wrote: > > Any recommendations for a good webcam to use with linux? (Mainly for > > use with Skype) > > > > TIA, > > Chaim > > > I'm using the (somewhat pricey) Logitech QuickCam Communi

Re: Webcam Recommendations?

To tell the truth, as someone who is following the linux hardware support, I can tell you that I didn't see lately any cam from the major player (Microsoft, Logitech, Creative, Philips) that is not supported. Some are supported only partially and some (specially Logitech) are fully supported. Even

Re: gspca with GeForge FX 5200 experience, anyone? (was: Re: Webcam Recommendations?)

Hi Omer, > Does anyone have good experience working with the gspca driver in > conjunction with the nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] video > card? > > In my system, the driver causes video applications to hang up (Linux > kernel 2.6.18-6). Does the problem repeats when you're using the "

Re: gspca with GeForge FX 5200 experience, anyone? (was: Re: Webcam Recommendations?)

I tested it only with 'nv' - never installed 'nvidia' in my PC. On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 23:25 +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi Omer, > > > Does anyone have good experience working with the gspca driver in > > conjunction with the nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] video > > card? > > > > In

Re: gspca with GeForge FX 5200 experience, anyone? (was: Re: Webcam Recommendations?)

Well, I think you didn't install it due it closeness, if I'm right... My suggestion would be to install the closed driver and see if this problem returns. If it's not, then you should file in a bug with the X.org. If the problem still there, then it could be either the card or the camera's driver.

Re: gspca with GeForge FX 5200 experience, anyone? (was: Re: Webcam Recommendations?)

I don't have gspca for my current kernel (2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686) and the gspca-source package didn't compile for it (there are Debian bugs filed for it). My story with gspca and the above video card is filed as bugs with Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=444314 http://bugs.